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The Daily Journal is the only local daily newspaper in Kankakee, Illinois. Its surrounding circulation area is Kankakee County, which includes the adjacent municipalities of Bourbonnais and Bradley. The newspaper also circulates in portions of the adjacent counties of Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Livingston, and Will. [1]
Kankakee Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 27,558 and it contained 11,219 housing units. [ 2 ] This township has the smallest area in the county, but is second largest in population.
Stephen Burrell Small (18 March 1947 – 2 September 1987) was a prominent American businessman in Kankakee, Illinois.In 1987, he was kidnapped and held for ransom by Danny Edwards and Nancy Rish.
Kankakee (/ ˌ k æ ŋ k ə ˈ k iː / KANG-kə-KEE) [3] is a city in and the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. [4] Located on the Kankakee River, as of 2020, the city's population was 24,052. [5] Kankakee is a principal city of the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Mary K. O'Brien (born 1965), Illinois state legislator and judge, was born in Kankakee. [8] Daniel H. Paddock (1852–1905), Illinois state representative and lawyer, lived in Kankakee. [9] George Ryan (born 1934), 39th governor of Illinois [10] Samuel H. Shapiro (1907–1987), 34th Governor of Illinois, practiced law in Kankakee and died there ...
WKAN broadcasts a local morning show, The Morning Roundtable hosted by Joshua Carman, weekdays 7-9 am. Another local show is the Ron Jackson Show, which airs Saturdays 11 am-Noon.
In the days since, guns have killed at least 2244 more people. Chicago has seen more recent gun deaths than any other city in the U.S. In a speech there, President Obama said "too many of our children are being taken away from us" as a result of gun violence.
Otto Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census [update] , its population was 2,582 and it contained 937 housing units. [ 2 ] It was formed from portions of Aroma and Limestone townships on December 11, 1855 as Carthage Township; its name was changed to Otto Township on March 11, 1857.